Summary of the Day ✨ 19 June (19/06)
Animal rights advocate Regan Russell is tragically killed by a transport truck outside a pig slaughterhouse in Ontario as the United States issues its 10,000,000th patent. In separate incidents, Antwon Rose II is fatally shot by police in East Pittsburgh, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange seeks asylum at Ecuador’s London embassy, and massive riots erupt in Shishou, China following the suspicious death of a local chef.
Historical Events 📜
- 2020: Animal rights advocate Regan Russell is run over and killed by a transport truck outside of a pig slaughterhouse in Burlington, Ontario.
- 2018: The 10,000,000th United States Patent is issued.
- 2018: Antwon Rose II is fatally shot in East Pittsburgh by East Pittsburgh Police Officer Michael Rosfeld after being involved in a near-fatal drive-by shooting.
- 2012: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange requests asylum in London’s Ecuadorian Embassy for fear of extradition to the US after publication of previously classified documents including footage of civilian killings by the US army; he will remain there until 2019.
- 2009: Mass riots involving over 10,000 people and 10,000 police officers break out in Shishou, China, over the dubious circumstances surrounding the death of a local chef.
- 2009: War in North-West Pakistan: The Pakistani Armed Forces open Operation Rah-e-Nijat against the Taliban and other Islamist rebels in the South Waziristan area of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas.
- 2007: The al-Khilani Mosque bombing in Baghdad leaves 78 people dead and another 218 injured.
- 2005: Following a series of Michelin tire failures during the United States Grand Prix weekend at Indianapolis, and without an agreement being reached, 14 cars from seven teams in Michelin tires withdrew after completing the formation lap, leaving only six cars from three teams on Bridgestone tires to race.
- 1991: The last Soviet army units in Hungary are withdrawn.
- 1990: The current international law defending indigenous peoples, Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989, is ratified for the first time by Norway.
- 1990: The Communist Party of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic is founded in Moscow.
- 1988: Pope John Paul II canonizes 117 Vietnamese Martyrs.
- 1987: Basque separatist group ETA commits one of its most violent attacks, in which a bomb is set off in a supermarket, Hipercor, killing 21 and injuring 45.
- 1987: Aeroflot Flight N-528 crashes at Berdiansk Airport in present-day Ukraine, killing eight people.
- 1985: Members of the Revolutionary Party of Central American Workers, dressed as Salvadoran soldiers, attack the Zona Rosa area of San Salvador.
Famous Births 👶
- 2004: Millie Gibson, English actress
- 2002: Bennedict Mathurin, Canadian basketball player
- 2002: Nuno Mendes, Portuguese footballer
- 1999: Jordan Poole, American basketball player
- 1998: Atticus Shaffer, American actor and YouTuber
- 1998: Joshua Da Silva, Trinidadian cricketer
- 1994: Lejla Njemčević, Bosnian cross-country and mountain bike cyclist
- 1993: KSI, English YouTuber
- 1992: Keaton Jennings, South African-English cricketer
- 1992: C. J. Mosley, American football player
- 1990: Ashly Burch, American actress, writer, and director
- 1990: Moa Hjelmer, Swedish sprinter
- 1990: Xavier Rhodes, American football player
- 1988: Jacob deGrom, American baseball player
- 1987: Rashard Mendenhall, American football player
Notable Deaths 🕊️
- 2020: Ian Holm, British actor (born 1931)
- 2019: Etika, American YouTuber and streamer (born 1990)
- 2018: Koko, western lowland gorilla and user of American Sign Language (born 1971)
- 2017: Otto Warmbier, American college student detained in North Korea (born 1994)
- 2016: Anton Yelchin, American actor (born 1989)
- 2015: James Salter, American novelist and short-story writer (born 1925)
- 2014: Oskar-Hubert Dennhardt, German general (born 1915)
- 2014: Gerry Goffin, American songwriter (born 1939)
- 2014: Ibrahim Touré, Ivorian footballer (born 1985)
- 2013: Vince Flynn, American author (born 1966)
- 2013: James Gandolfini, American actor (born 1961)
- 2013: Gyula Horn, Hungarian politician, 37th Prime Minister of Hungary (born 1932)
- 2013: Dave Jennings, American football player and sportscaster (born 1952)
- 2013: Filip Topol, Czech singer-songwriter and pianist (born 1965)
- 2013: Slim Whitman, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1923)
Holidays & Observances 🎉
- Christian feast day:
Deodatus (or Didier) of Nevers (or of Jointures) - Christian feast day:
Gervasius and Protasius (Catholic Church) - Christian feast day:
Hildegrim of Châlons - Christian feast day:
Juliana Falconieri - Christian feast day:
Romuald - Christian feast day:
Ursicinus of Ravenna - Christian feast day:
Zosimus - Christian feast day:
June 19 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) - Day of the Independent Hungary (Hungary)
- Feast of Forest (Palawan)
- Juneteenth (United States)
- Labour Day (Trinidad and Tobago)
- Laguna Day (Laguna)
- Birthday of Jose Gervasio Artigas (Uruguay)
- World Sickle Cell Day (International)